Bhaskar served as editor of many of India's leading national newspapers: Co-Editor of
The Hindu in Chennai (1953–1958); Deputy Editor at
The Statesman in New Delhi (1959–1963); Co-Editor of
Patriot from 1963 to 1965. He also worked in UNI from 1965 to 1983. He was Associate Editor at
Deccan Herald in Bangalore from 1984 to 1991. From 1996 to 1997, he served as director and consultant of
Andrapradesh Times in Hyderabad. BRP was a columnist for the
Gulf Today newspaper, which is published in
Sharjah and he wrote for various newspapers in
Malayalam and
English. He received the 2022
Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography for his biography,
News Room. Bhaskar died on 4 June 2024, at the age of 92. ==References==